Pedestrian killed in road is identified

Published
12:00 am CDT, Wednesday, March 12, 2008

A man killed while in the road in Collinsville this week has been identified.Mark W. Rorie, 47, did not have a permanent address, but family members said he had been staying in the Collinsville area, the Madison County Sheriff's Department reported Wednesday afternoon.He was struck on Collinsville Road around 10:30 p.m. Monday. He was positively identified by fingerprints analyzed by the Illinois State Police Crime Lab and through family members, Capt. Brad Wells said."We think he was trying to go from point A to Point B. But he was obviously in the roadway when the traffic was going by," Wells said.The incident took place just west of Fairmount Park Racetrack.A preliminary investigation by the Sheriff's Department showed the man was drunk. One vehicle, a car, swerved and missed the victim, who was then struck by a second vehicle, a Ford truck."There was just no way to avoid it, from what we understand at this point," Wells said earlier.After the investigation is completed the file will be turned over to the Madison County State's Attorney for review, Wells said.